YMMV / The Simpsons S 8 E 5 Bart After Dark

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Is "the bordello" Jasper asks about in the town meeting actually Maison Derrière, and Abe and him failing to realize it and thinking the "burlesque house" everyone else talks about is a different place? Or is there also a bordello in town that they visit, and are feigning ignorance because they'll rather throw Maison Derrière under the bus in order to keep it in business?
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Some viewers have noticed that the speaker in front of the Maison Derrière looks like an iPod◊.
  • When Marge is showing pictures of the people visiting the burlesque house, the only woman among them is her sister Patty. Later episodes (such as "Jaws Wired Shut" and "There's Something About Marrying") reveal that Patty is, in fact, a lesbian; "Jaws Wired Shut" implied that she's in the closet about her sexuality while "There's Something About Marrying" had her come out.
  • Belle looks like an early version of Futurama's Mom (of Mom's Friendly Robot Company). She's even voiced by Tress MacNeille. The only real difference besides their overall aesthetics are their personalities: Belle looks harsh but is actually a very cordial Reasonable Authority Figure while Mom is faking a kind old lady personality and bleeding the oil and robot industries dry.
• Memetic Mutation: Grandpa entering the Maison, seeing Bart, and immediately leaving◊; the gif of which has become highly popular for expressing Screw This, I'm Outta Here in online communication.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Rather curiously, Belle never had a speaking role after this episode—despite the episode making it clear that she's been a longtime resident and doing a good job of establishing her role in relation to the rest of the town, which could probably have introduced all kinds of intrigue and plots. Especially curious is that unlike a lot of guest characters who made an impact and never did anything again, who had to deal with their voice being a Special Guest, Belle's voice actress, Tress MacNeille, has been in the Also Starring slot regularly since the first season.

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